CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) — Question 510

A company uses shared drives as part of a workforce collaboration process. To ensure the correct access permissions, inheritance at the top-level folder is assigned to each department. A manager's team is working on confidential material and wants to ensure only the immediate team can view a specific folder and its subsequent files and subfolders. Which of the following actions should the technician most likely take?

Answer options

• A. Turn off inheritance on the requested folder only and set the requested permissions to each file manually.
• B. Turn off inheritance at the top-level folder and remove all inherited permissions.
• C. Turn off inheritance at the top-level folder and set permissions to each file and subfolder manually.
• D. Turn off inheritance on the requested folder only, set the requested permissions, and then turn on inheritance under the child folders.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct action is to turn off inheritance on the requested folder only and set the requested permissions to each file manually, as this allows for specific access control tailored to the immediate team's needs without affecting the entire department's structure. Options B and C would disrupt the permissions for the entire top-level folder and its contents, while D would unnecessarily complicate the permissions setup by re-enabling inheritance for child folders after manual adjustments.